Q: Which of the following is true concerning information in an organization?

â¢ Organizations should be deisgned to provide both verticle and horizontal information flow to accomplish goals o Centralized â¢ Decision making with emphasizes control/ specialized tasks â¢ Problems funneled to top levels of the hierarchal for resolution o Decentralized â¢ Emphasis on adaptations, relaxed heircharhcy. Face to face communication â¢ Authority pushed down to lower levels

Question 1

Some specific challenges today\'s managers and organizations face includes all of the following except:

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Some current challenges are: Globalization, intense competition, ethics and sustainability, speed and responsiveness, the digital world, and diversity

Question 2

The key element of an organization is its

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people and how they interact with each other

Question 3

Non-profit organization managers deal with many diverse shareholders and must market their services to all of the following except

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they market services towards customers, volunteers, and donors

Question 4

Contingency factors

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Larger elements that influence structural dimensions Examples would be size, organizational technology, the environment, goals and strategies and an organization\'s culture

Question 5

The degree to which organizational tasks are subdivided into separate jobs is referred to as

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Specialization

Question 6

is the degree to which an organization achieves its goals.

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Effectiveness

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refers to the amount of resources used to achieve the organization\'s goals.

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Effiency

Question 8

Interpretations of ____ concluded that positive treatment of employees improved their motivation and productivity.

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The Hawthorne Studies

Question 9

When looking for strengths and weaknesses, top management is:

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Evaluating the internal situation in order to define its distinctive competencies

Question 10

The primary responsibility of top management is to:

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set goals, develop strategy, interpret the external environmentMake sure the organization is deisgned correcrly

Question 11

A(n) ____ is a desired state of affairs that the organization attempts to reach.

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Organizational Goal

Question 12

Models for formulating organizational strategies include:

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Unknown

Question 13

A plan for interacting with the competitive environment to achieve organizational goals is referred to as:

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Strategy

Question 14

. A ____ strategy can reduce rivalry with competitors and fight off the threat of substitute products because customers are loyal to the company\'s brand.

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Differentiation

Question 15

(n) ____ strategy is concerned primarily with stability rather than taking risks or seeking new opportunities for innovation and growth.

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Low-Cost

Question 16

When using the goal approach to effectiveness, it is best to use ____ goals.

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Operating

Question 17

Which of the following is not a component in the definition of organization structure?

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-in other words... what is the definition of organizational structure? â¢ The following Key components define organizational structure: o Designates formal reporting relationships â¢ Includes the number of levels in the hierarchy and the amount of control of the managers and supervisors (framework horizontal/verticle) o Identifies the groupings together of individuals into departments and of departments into the total organization (framework horizontal/veritlce) o Includes the design of systems to ensure effective communication, coordination, and integration of efforts across departments (interactions)

Question 18

Which of the following is true concerning information in an organization?

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â¢ Organizations should be deisgned to provide both verticle and horizontal information flow to accomplish goals o Centralized â¢ Decision making with emphasizes control/ specialized tasks  â¢ Problems funneled to top levels of the hierarchal for resolution  o Decentralized â¢ Emphasis on adaptations, relaxed heircharhcy. Face to face communication â¢ Authority pushed down to lower levels

Question 19

____ are used to coordinate activities between the top and bottom of an organization and are designed primarily for control of the organization.

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Verticle Linkages

Question 20

A liaison role exists when:

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a direct contact between managers or employees. Basically it is when a person is location in one department but has responsitibilty for communication and achieving coordination with other departments

Question 21

Which of the following terms would best be linked with \"full-time integrator?\"

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A titled position whose job is to coordinate several differnet departments is a full-time integrator

Question 22

The overall design of organization structure indicates all of the following except:

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The three things that overall design or organizational structure indicates o Required work activities o Reporting relationships o Departamental groupings

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT a strength of a functional organization structure?

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in other words what are some strengths of a functional organization structure? â¢ Allows economies of scale within functional departments â¢ Enables in-depth knowledge and skill development â¢ Enables organization to accomplish functional goals â¢ Is best with only one or a few products What exactly is functional structure? â¢ Groupings (also called U-form) by common function from the bottom to the top of the organization all same tasks are in the same department

Question 24

What is likely to be the result if a domestic company that manufactures four different types of products changes from a functional structure to a divisional structure?

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Change from a U-Form (functional) to a M-form (divisional) structure is that the functional structure can be redsigned into separate products and each group contains the functional groups that were once a separate department for an awesome example just go to page 113 exhibit 3.9

Question 25

An organization\'s domain is:

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the chosen environmental field of action - is the terriroty an organization stakes out for itself with respect to products, services, and markets served

Question 26

The ____ includes those sectors that might not have a direct impact on the daily operations of a firm but will indirectly influence it.

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The general environment

Question 27

Assessment of environmental uncertainty of an organization is based primarily on analysis of two dimensions which are:

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simple-complex dimension and the stable-unstable dimension

Question 28

Which of the following is a proper dimension of the framework for assessing environmental uncertainty?

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Simple-complex

Question 29

When Johnson & Johnson had to cope with the unpredictable Tylenol poisoning issue, their experience best exemplified the____ dimension of the environment.

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Stable-unstable

Question 30

Organizations in which of the following types of industries would face the greatest amount of environmental uncertainty?

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Complex-unstable - oil companies, large health care systems

Question 31

___ is the quality of collaboration among departments.

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Integration

Question 32

An organization can change its domain most directly by:

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Getting political Uniting with Others And using legitmate acitivties

Question 33

Relatively enduring resource transactions, flows, and linkages that occur among two or more organizations are called:

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interorganizational relationships

Question 34

In this new world, managers think about ____ rather than vertical structures.

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Horizontal

Question 35

In resource dependence theory:

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organizational try to minimize their dependence on other organizations and tey to influence the environment to make resources available

Question 36

Major reasons for interorganizational collaboration include all of the following except:

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Major reasons include: â¢ Sharing risks when entering new markets â¢ Mounting expensive new projects and reducing costs â¢ Enhancing the organizational profile in slected industries or technolgoies â¢ Entering global markets, jpin ventures with orgs in other countries

Question 37

The adversarial orientation to interorganizational relationships involved which of the following characteristics?

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â¢ Low Depenedence to High Dependence â¢ Suspicion to Trust â¢ Own profits to both profits â¢ Limited information to shared information

Question 38

An organizational niche:

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A domain of unique environmental resources and needs

Question 39

Organizations with a wide niche or domain, that is, those that offer a broad range of products and services or that serve a broad market are:

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successful business and have expanded

Question 40

With coercive forces, the reason for adaptation is:

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external pressures

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